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[Logbook of the Mary D. Hume (Steam brigantine), of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by James A. Tilton, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 19 Apr. 1890-29 Sept. 1892]

by: Mary D. Hume (Steam brigantine); Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett), logkeeper

Publication date: 1890
Topics: Knowles, Josiah Nickerson, 1830-1896, Tilton, James A., Blue whale, Bowhead whale, Gray whale, Indigenous people, Killer whale, Medicine, Naval, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, White whale, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks, Tilton, James A., Blue whale, Bowhead whale, Gray whale, Indigenous people, Killer whale, Medicine, Naval, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, White whale, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks
Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals; newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Item Size: 256.0M

Log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea; 1890 Apr. 19-1892 Sept. 30; Includes descriptions of types of whales seen or taken (blue, bowhead, gray, killer, and white whale), death at sea, indigenous people, and shipboard medicine. Other places represented include Herschel Island, Port Clarence, Point Barrow, and Dutch Harbor; Repository also has microfilm of the Log (Reel 912); Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by James A. Tilton, on voyage from 19 Apr. 1890-29 Sept. 1892 to the Herschel Island whaling grounds; Owner-agent: Josiah

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library